Murton's book challenges how we understand Canadian history by looking at the past in new ways and asking fundamental questions about how people sustained lives, livelihoods, and families under changing environmental conditions. Like the best work in environmental history, this book shifts our perspective on the past by showing how people have shaped and been shaped by the more-than-human world.
James Murton is Associate Professor of History at Nipissing University and a member of the Program in Environmental Science/Studies. He is part of the executive committee and the editorial board at the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE) and an Associate of the Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University.